AFTD USA kick-off event at the World Trade Center

AFTD hosted the kick-off event, at the World Trade Center on Thursday, October 1st, for the United States of America’s participation in 2015 World FTD Awareness Week. View videos that were some of those which played during the evening and helped underscore the importance of AFTD’s mission: to improve the quality of life of people affected by FTD and drive research to a cure.

What is FTD?
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)–the fourth most common cause of dementia–is a group of disorders that occur when the nerve cells in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain are damaged, causing the lobes to shrink.